Shoulders To Stand On
Sep 29, 2013 | IMDB 9
90 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
An in depth look at Rochester, New York's LGBTQIA+ history. The documentary condenses over 375 hours of interviews and more than 100 participants into a 90 minute film to bring you through the journey of these men and women. It covers the first efforts at organizing in the 1970s, political funding battles and the contributions gay Rochesterians made at the outset of the AIDS crisis.
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IMDB 4.3 | Jun , 2009
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